Welcome to The Neighborhood!

Most people don’t know it, but ‘accolo’ means neighbor in Latin. We want to be really good neighbors too – You know, the kind of neighbor you can talk with for hours over a couple of cold ones. Well, this is our neighborhood and we’ve got lots of great stuff to talk about. So we’ve got the grill fired up, drinks are in the cooler, and we’re just waiting for you to get this party started. Welcome to the neighborhood!

The other day I was privy to attend HR.com’s 2014 Talent Acquisition Excellence Forum and loved the many takeaways that were throughout the sessions. That being said, there were definitely some sessions that struck closer to home than others. ...

When you evaluate a candidate, either face to face or on paper, you\'re looking for more than the work they can do for you and the expertise that they\'re bringing to the table. You want to see if they ...

With the recession growing smaller and smaller in America\'s rear-view-mirror, the deep hiring freeze that once encompassed so many companies has begun to thaw, or in some cases, melt away completely. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the ...

Have you ever met somebody that was more trouble than they were worth? Maybe it was an adventurous childhood friend that was always trying to convince you to go along with their mischievous plans (and always ended up getting ...

Getting a hold of your metrics means a lot more than just refining the way in which you measure and collect information on the state of your company\'s hiring function. In order to truly get the most out of ...

When you\'re in the Human Resources line of work, you see a lot of applicants come and go. From seeing them on paper in the form of their resumes to hearing their voices in phone screenings to seeing them ...

If you\'re trying to be a competitive hiring force with the largest emerging job seeker demographic (the Millennials), then you\'ll need to understand what they\'re looking for in their next (or first) employer.
Unlike previous generations to flood the working ...

There are a lot of things that you need to go right in order to land a job. First, you have to look good on paper. This means that your particular blend of skills, accomplishments and references happen to ...

Sourcing and recruiting passive candidates takes a lot more finesse than when trying to attract active candidates to your company. While there are a lot of wrinkles that complicate the process, the biggest obstacle that you face when you ...

What makes a successful sales person? You might think that it\'s somebody with an indomitable spirit, somebody who doesn\'t take no for an answer and can cold call for hours without getting discouraged.
Others think say that it\'s persuasiveness that ...

We make mistakes every day: setting our alarm for PM instead of AM, drinking decaf instead of the real stuff or thinking \"It can\'t be that bad,\" before agreeing to a long term commitment.
Be it romantic or professional, legally ...

The value of getting the right people, in the right roles at your company goes much further than just getting the work done. No two people are completely interchangeable, though we operate as if this is true. Along with ...

They say that you shouldn\'t fix what ain\'t broke, but whoever said that probably ain\'t never heard of a double negative. Even if you don\'t think that there\'s anything to be done about the way that your business runs ...

The Cover Letter has generally been reserved as a space for applicants to declare their intentions and introduce themselves more broadly than in the rest of the application. Getting creative with the with the way that your present yourself ...

Experience is one of the most important things in the hiring world. Hiring managers want to hire people with years of the stuff and they want recruiters with years more of it delivering that quality of candidate. But experience ...

After the holidays have come and gone, it\'s time for Americans to prepare for that most special time of year: that\'s right, flu season is here. Deck the halls with packs of Halls and prepare your fuzziest blankets to ...

For gifted professionals in the tech industry, 2014 will be another year in which you will probably receive a whole lot of recruiting offers in your inbox. If you\'re on the recruiting side of things, prepare to have ever ...